January of next year is going to rule. No, not because we'll get a new President. (Well, yes. That, too.) No, because next January they're launching the MLB Network. Finally! The NFL, NBA, and NHL all already have networks. Really, it seems like it should've been first--baseball has the most games per season (162, compared to 16, 82, and 82, respectively) (and, on a side note, why does basketball have an association, while the others have leagues? Is the NBA headquartered in the DC area? If not, it should be. All the other associations are.) Plus, baseball has been around so long, and there's so much footage there... It just seems natural.
Of course, part of the reason that it hasn't existed is probably that each team pretty much has its own channel to broadcast games, though it's MLB that owns the games, not the networks, so hopefully there won't be anything to prevent the MLB Network from airing classic games, etc. And, since the various cable companies own part of the network, hopefully I'll actually get it. (Yes, I'm still bitter than Comcast took away my ESPN Classic.) Huzzah!
Posted by Barb at July 16, 2008 07:25 PM | TrackBack